Tennessee Human Rights Commission honoree Charles Kimbrough, left chats with his grandson Jaylon Strong, 5, at the Tennessee State Museum.

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Michael Cass
| The Tennessean

The state's civil rights enforcement agency celebrated its first 50 years Thursday while casting a wary eye at the U.S. Supreme Court's arguments about a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.

The Tennessee Human Rights Commission, created in 1963 under a slightly different name, gathered at the Tennessee State Museum to talk about its first half-century and to honor some of Nashville's most prominent human rights advocates.

The commission is responsible for enforcing laws that prohibit discrimination based on race, sex, disability, age and other factors while barring retaliation in ...